systemlord

Well it seems there has been some replies! To some of the people that wrote constructive posts thank you. It is my belief that one never stops learning...and that the patient is always number one. When I post about a recuring problem at this hospital ( without your knowledge offcourse ) and I rag on the nurses.. who cares?? Whats with the somber and serious demeaner... I work there all the time and with the docs as well. To call me a wanker..???because you dont share my point of view on my own opinion is rather sordid!!! You must be the belle of the ball! So I did my research on eclampsia....I talked with the medic..chatted with the docs after to see what and how it exactly happens! So I am not clueless...as much as you like to think! I think we can all differentiate btw an emergency where u need to go NOW.. then something where we first have to fix the problem and then go. So to think that I know it all is bollocks..because I dont..I still have a lot to learn and know that. To the air flight question. We dont really use fixed wing and our helicopters are unfortunately reserved for " true emergencies " this one not being one! As I roam around the forums I do hope to learn some new stuff...unfortunately I dont deal well with " wanker " and glib comments! Humor is a great stress reliever...isn't it? Much love from the kuwait of the north!

I am not here to rag on nurses or belittle them in any way! ( well maybe a little ) Sometimes I work in the ED in a small rural hospital just to help the staff out. The EMS crew lives in a building adjacent to the hospital so we are 1 min away from the ED! I am not sure how they train RN's and how they keep their skills up and such but what ever! A couple of weeks ago on a Friday night while I was channel surfing on the TV my radio goes off! It was like.......brrrbewbrbb BARRYYY!! brww then static. Barry is my supervisor plus medic who I work with. I think nothing of it...just the nurses keying the mic on the radio again. Then 3 minutes we get toned out to the hospital! I walk into the ER several minutes later and see a scene of chaos and nurses running over each other ( an LPN and RN ) On the hospital bed lies a groggy woman who is obviously pregnant with her husband right by her side and 2 other woman! As I stared in amazement at this scene the RN is like " where is Barry? " I am like..he is coming! By the way what is going on? So the story goes that this woman who is 9 months pregnant and who's due date was yesterday had a seizure at home and then one again at the entrance of the hospital! So that why she looked a little groggy! They had her on NRB 15lpm! So then we went to work and put an iv into her and pushed some mag sulfate and off we went to hospital 160 km away and straight into the OR were she was intubated and ready to be operated on! This is not the first time that the nurses have freaked at something that really is not a true emergency! It is interesting to work near in hospital...Hopefully I have posted this in the right area! Cheers!